As a result of the survey, we receive 'reports' of the answers, including those answers where we allowed free typing for the answer.

It has been pointed out that if people are naming their user group (IE: Council Member, Division Leader, Member, etc) that the survey isn't TOTALLY 100% anonymous, as we could maybe guess a few if we tried really hard.

I assure you that except in a couple of cases where Members were jokingly making it a bit obvious who they were, that the great bulk of you really ARE anonymous.

The survey generates reports based on answers. Most of the agree/disagree questions and answers can be summarized in bar charts, pie charts, and the like...

If we pull up an individual answer key, this is the exact data it shares...

As you can see, this REALLY is anonymous in all physical respects outside of you 'giving away' who you are somehow.

I wanted to point this out because we are getting some very honest responses, and in some cases a person will name a problem, but will not name any names or expand on their initial statement. Perhaps this is because they don't want to cause any hurt, and that's fine. Having said that, we also truly want to know any details you feel inclined to share, so...

Please rest assured that absolutely NO ONE will be 'called out' for their answers given on this survey. We will not know who answered what unless they leave silly clues purposefully, (they know who they are), and as a result of the bevy of opinions being shared, it's pretty likely that we won't wait as long for our next survey and that it will contain a LOT more places for you to give raw opinions, and not just filling in agree/disagree circles.

Thank you everyone, for giving your honest and best opinions. This survey and others like it are just our way of trying to gauge how we are doing, and what we need to focus on to improve.